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Bird in Hand, Coggeshall Road, Braintree

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Bird in Hand, Coggeshall Road, Braintree, 21st June 2001

Bird in Hand, Coggeshall Road, Braintree, 21st June 2001

Residents at this address

The licensee in 1825 was recorded on the Alehouse Recognizances as William Cousins, at the Bird in Hand.

1828-9/William Cousins/../../../Pigots

1832-3/William Cousins/../../../Pigots

1839/Samuel Piggin/../../../Pigots

1840/Samuel Piggin/../../../Pigots*

1845/Samuel Piggin Sen./../../../Post Office

1848/Samuel Piggin/../../../Whites

1851/Samuel Piggin Jun./Baker/../../Post Office

1851/Rebecca Piggin/widow, licensed victualler and baker/64/Norwich/Census *
1851/Elizabeth Pilgrim/grandaughter, milliner/16/Great Coggeshall, Essex/Census *
1851/Sarah Smee/general servant/26/Braintree, Essex/Census *
1851/Joseph Breed/ostler/24/Braintree, Essex/Census *
1851/John Sley/journeyman baker/23/Bocking, Essex/Census *

1852/S. Piggin Sen./../../../Kellys*

1855/J. Eldred/../../../Kellys*

1861/William Morris/Inn Keeper/34/Sipton, Suffolk/Census
1861/Eleanor Morris/Wife/47/Sodbury, Glouces./Census
1861/Eleanor May Morris/Daughter/12/Leistor, Suffolk/Census
1861/Joseph Halls/Lodger, Traveller/70/Hedingham, Essex/Census

1862/William Morris/../../../Kellys

1867/John Willers/../../../Post Office

1870/Charles Young/../../../Kellys

1871/Charles Young/../../../Post Office

1871/Samuel Wisbey/Publican/36/Boreham, Essex/Census
1871/Amelia Wisbey/Wife/42/Mountnessing, Essex/Census
1871/Sarah Wisbey/Daughter/17/Boreham, Essex/Census
1871/William Wisbey/Son/14/Boreham, Essex/Census
1871/Charles Wisbey/Son/7/Sandon, Essex/Census
1871/Joseph Wisbey/Son/6/Sandon, Essex/Census
1871/Emma Wisbey/Daughter/4/Sandon, Essex/Census
1871/Elizabeth Wisbey/Daughter/9 months/Sandon, Essex/Census

1874/Samuel Wisbey/../../../Kellys

1878/Walter Argent/../../../Kellys

1881/Walter Argent/Publican, Greenwich Pensioner/56/Suffolk/Census
1881/Caroline Argent/Wife/49/Essex/Census

1882/Walter Argent/../../../Kellys

1886/Walter Argent/../../../Kellys

1890/Christopher Perry/../../../Kellys

1891/Christopher Perry/../39/Germany/Census***

1894/Orrin Newcomb/../../../Kellys

1895/Orrin Newcomb/../../../Kellys

1898/John Callander/../../../Kellys

1899/John Callander/../../../Kellys

1902/George Brazier/../../../Kellys

1906/William Stoten/../../../Kellys

1908/William Stoten/../../../Kellys

1910/William Stoten/../../../Kellys

1911/William Stoten/Licensed Victualler/57/Sandon, Hertfordshire/Census
1911/Amelia White Stoten/Wife, Assistant/58/Chippenham, Wiltshire/Census
1911/Hilda Sheppard/Niece, Assistant/16/Sandon, Hertfordshire/Census

1912/William Stoten/../../../Kellys

1914/William Stoten/../../../Kellys

1917/Charles Smith/../../../Kellys

1922/Charles Smith/../../../Kellys

1925/Charles Smith/../../../Kellys

1929/Charles Smith/../../../Kellys

1933/Charles Smith/../../../Kellys

1937/Charles Smith/../../../Kellys

October 1939/Charles Smith/../../../Petty Sessions**


* Provided by the Pubs, Inns and Taverns Index for England, 1801-1900

** Provided by Jill & Brian Fleming

*** Provided by Ann Duncan


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